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GatoNanashi t1_ix7x2vy wrote

The Kh-11 was designed before Hubble. The telescope likely took its basic design from the recon satellite, not the other way around.

That said, large Cassegrain reflectors aren't exactly rare so it may be as much convergent design as actually using the recon satellite as the basis for the telescope.

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